Our new light tent

We've had fun at New House today with our new toy - a 'light tent'. It looks like something left over from Chernobyl, or a place of retreat if the Black Death ever returned.

However it's a pretty straight-forward bit of kit - a white fabric box that diffuses spot lights, and makes taking 'white-background' shots easy. David Bailey and Cecil Beaton would run a mile, but it's amazing how important these shots are these days. You see white-background shots (or cut-outs) everywhere, and magazines love them for their new product pages. These are a few of our first attempts....

                 our new Diamond Jubilee mug

                                         Diamond Jubilee souvenir mug and tea towel set

                                         Diamond Jubilee souvenir WOOF mug and tea towel

                        Stack of Diamond Jubilee WOOF mugs  

Looks like I need a bit of practice to get this thing right.... it's all to do with light balance and exciting things like that.